Turkey pledges $14 bn n regional development plan for Kurdish southeast: Here's why it matters
The timing of the plan is crucial, coinciding with renewed hopes for an end to the PKK insurgency. On Saturday, two Turkish lawmakers visited jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan for the first time in nearly a decade. According to reports, Ocalan indicated he might call on PKK militants to lay down their arms
The timing of the plan is crucial, coinciding with renewed hopes for an end to the PKK insurgency. On Saturday, two Turkish lawmakers visited jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan for the first time in nearly a decade. According to reports, Ocalan indicated he might call on PKK militants to lay down their arms
